They definitely don’t seem as popular as they used to be, but every once in a while I’ll get invited to a Facebook group or event because some tragic fate befell a poor soul’s phone and now they need everyone’s phone numbers again.

Getting all of those phone numbers is just part of the equation though — they need to wind up on the phone itself, which more often than not means scrolling down a huge list of names and numbers and punching them all in by hand. I’m not sure that’s anyone’s example of a good time, but a newly-minted service called NeedNumbers.me aims to remedy that problem with a minimum of hassle.

Here’s how it works: panic-stricken phone losers can connect the service to their Facebook accounts, at which point they’re greeted with a full breakdown of both the ...